did you try
flatpak run org.pharo.Pharo YourImage.image --interactive
?
On 7/3/26 03:53, Martin Dias wrote:
Hi Esteban,
Looks great, thanks.
However, I got an error :) After following the instructions to install
the flatpak, it looks installed successfully:
$ flatpak run org.pharo.Pharo --version
Pharo v12.0.3-beta Compiler: 15.2.0
Built from: v12.0.3-beta+0.2aa4b7c - Commit: 2aa4b7c - Date:
2026-06-03 15:53:56 +0200
Then I downloaded a Pharo image but get this error:
$ curl https://get.pharo.org/140 | bash
$ flatpak run org.pharo.Pharo Pharo.image
[ERROR] 2026-07-02 21:45:48.000 loadPharoImage
(src/client.c:218):Image file not found: No such file or directory
[ERROR] 2026-07-02 21:45:48.000 runVMThread (src/client.c:239):Error
opening image file: Pharo.image
I tried with variants such as full path and get the same:
$ flatpak run org.pharo.Pharo "/tmp/Pharo.image"
$ uname -a
Linux x 6.1.0-49-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.174-1
(2026-05-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Any idea?
Martin
El mar, 2 jun 2026 a la(s) 6:16 a.m., Esteban Lorenzano via Pharo-dev
([email protected]) escribió:
Hello,
As some of you may know, I’ve been working on a Flatpak for the
Pharo VM. After some work, I think I finally have a version that’s
ready to be tested, so please give it a try!
You can find it here:
https://forge.smallworks.eu/pharo/pharo-vm-flatpak
Just follow the installation instructions in the repo.
A few notes:
*
This is still a regular Pharo VM, but the bundled dependencies
are the ones used by Pharo 14. This matters especially for
Iceberg, since it uses libgit2 1.9.4.
*
For FFI, I had to update UnifiedFFI in Pharo 14 so it can find
libraries in the right places. Since Flatpak runs in a
sandbox, host libraries, when needed, are exposed under
|/run/host/...|. The Pharo run script already adapts
|LD_LIBRARY_PATH| for this, but uFFI does not use it.
*
This is a full VM with quite a few dependencies, including the
GNOME runtime, because it is also part of another project that
needs them. You can snoop around the repo, or wait for my ESUG
talk to hear more about that. ;)
*
I tested it on my own Arch system and on Ubuntu 24. That said,
it may still need some tweaks on other systems, or even on
different machines running those same systems, so please let
me know how it goes. :)
Cheers !
Esteban
